Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race, sex, and age Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1)
July
2018		 June
2019		 July
2019		 July
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Apr.
2019		 May
2019		 June
2019		 July
2019

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population

 200,236 200,746 200,843 200,236 200,508 200,576 200,658 200,746 200,843

Civilian labor force

 126,927 127,131 127,549 125,716 126,404 125,900 125,980 126,244 126,345

Participation rate

 63.4 63.3 63.5 62.8 63.0 62.8 62.8 62.9 62.9

Employed

 122,332 122,708 122,968 121,507 122,143 121,944 121,883 122,125 122,144

Employment-population ratio

 61.1 61.1 61.2 60.7 60.9 60.8 60.7 60.8 60.8

Unemployed

 4,595 4,422 4,580 4,209 4,261 3,957 4,097 4,119 4,201

Unemployment rate

 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3

Not in labor force

 73,309 73,615 73,294 74,521 74,104 74,676 74,678 74,502 74,498

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 65,957 66,203 66,301 65,614 66,014 65,802 65,973 65,928 65,994

Participation rate

 71.9 72.0 72.1 71.6 71.9 71.6 71.8 71.7 71.7

Employed

 64,110 64,343 64,399 63,681 63,936 63,896 64,042 64,009 64,005

Employment-population ratio

 69.9 70.0 70.0 69.5 69.6 69.6 69.7 69.6 69.6

Unemployed

 1,847 1,860 1,902 1,933 2,078 1,906 1,931 1,919 1,989

Unemployment rate

 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 55,382 55,430 55,479 55,537 55,806 55,671 55,526 55,704 55,663

Participation rate

 57.5 57.4 57.4 57.7 57.9 57.7 57.5 57.7 57.6

Employed

 53,272 53,586 53,481 53,764 54,140 54,133 53,869 53,993 53,988

Employment-population ratio

 55.3 55.5 55.4 55.9 56.1 56.1 55.8 55.9 55.9

Unemployed

 2,110 1,844 1,998 1,774 1,666 1,538 1,657 1,711 1,675

Unemployment rate

 3.8 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 5,588 5,498 5,768 4,565 4,585 4,427 4,482 4,612 4,687

Participation rate

 45.4 44.9 47.1 37.1 37.4 36.1 36.6 37.7 38.3

Employed

 4,950 4,780 5,088 4,063 4,067 3,915 3,972 4,123 4,151

Employment-population ratio

 40.2 39.0 41.6 33.0 33.2 31.9 32.4 33.7 33.9

Unemployed

 638 718 680 502 517 512 510 489 536

Unemployment rate

 11.4 13.1 11.8 11.0 11.3 11.6 11.4 10.6 11.4

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

 32,771 33,014 33,045 32,771 32,925 32,955 32,984 33,014 33,045

Civilian labor force

 20,708 20,581 20,942 20,496 20,432 20,589 20,562 20,430 20,714

Participation rate

 63.2 62.3 63.4 62.5 62.1 62.5 62.3 61.9 62.7

Employed

 19,255 19,319 19,622 19,151 19,073 19,219 19,280 19,199 19,481

Employment-population ratio

 58.8 58.5 59.4 58.4 57.9 58.3 58.5 58.2 59.0

Unemployed

 1,453 1,262 1,319 1,345 1,359 1,370 1,282 1,231 1,233

Unemployment rate

 7.0 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.2 6.0 6.0

Not in labor force

 12,063 12,432 12,103 12,275 12,493 12,366 12,421 12,584 12,331

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 9,410 9,378 9,600 9,325 9,399 9,456 9,422 9,303 9,502

Participation rate

 68.5 67.6 69.1 67.9 68.0 68.3 68.0 67.1 68.4

Employed

 8,841 8,878 9,061 8,756 8,753 8,811 8,833 8,768 8,953

Employment-population ratio

 64.4 64.0 65.3 63.8 63.3 63.7 63.8 63.2 64.5

Unemployed

 570 500 540 569 646 645 589 535 549

Unemployment rate

 6.1 5.3 5.6 6.1 6.9 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.8

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 10,391 10,359 10,388 10,424 10,316 10,411 10,469 10,396 10,421

Participation rate

 62.8 62.1 62.2 63.0 62.0 62.5 62.8 62.3 62.4

Employed

 9,709 9,813 9,800 9,793 9,777 9,859 9,934 9,846 9,877

Employment-population ratio

 58.7 58.8 58.7 59.2 58.8 59.2 59.6 59.0 59.2

Unemployed

 682 546 588 631 539 552 535 550 544

Unemployment rate

 6.6 5.3 5.7 6.1 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 906 844 954 748 717 722 671 731 790

Participation rate

 36.3 34.3 38.8 30.0 29.0 29.2 27.2 29.7 32.1

Employed

 705 628 762 602 542 549 513 586 650

Employment-population ratio

 28.2 25.5 31.0 24.1 21.9 22.2 20.8 23.8 26.4

Unemployed

 201 216 192 145 174 173 158 145 140

Unemployment rate

 22.2 25.6 20.1 19.4 24.3 24.0 23.5 19.9 17.7

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

 15,922 16,557 16,399 15,922 16,245 16,290 16,361 16,557 16,399

Civilian labor force

 10,227 10,600 10,519 10,156 10,402 10,180 10,304 10,526 10,449

Participation rate

 64.2 64.0 64.1 63.8 64.0 62.5 63.0 63.6 63.7

Employed

 9,889 10,361 10,205 9,842 10,082 9,957 10,046 10,303 10,160

Employment-population ratio

 62.1 62.6 62.2 61.8 62.1 61.1 61.4 62.2 62.0

Unemployed

 338 239 314 314 320 223 258 222 289

Unemployment rate

 3.3 2.3 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.2 2.5 2.1 2.8

Not in labor force

 5,695 5,958 5,881 5,766 5,843 6,110 6,058 6,032 5,950

Footnotes
(1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: August 02, 2019